Liquid-dispensing apparatus



July 12, 1927.

G. w. M KENZIE LIQUID DISPENSING APPARATUS Filed Jan. 8. 1926 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 I/VVENTOR f J M w i WITNESSES 5 1,635,720 July 12, w, MacKENZlE LIQUID DISPENSING APPARATUS Filed Jan. a, 1926 2 Sheets-SEO". z

Patented Jul 12, 1927.

a UNI-TED. STATE.

s PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE W. MAGKENZIE, BEAVER, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO CORRECT MEAS- URE COMPANY, OF ROCHESTER, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION OF PENNSYL- VANIA.

Application filed January My invention relates to liquid-dispensing apparatus; it has been developed in particular application to apparatus for dispensing gasoline, and while it is of general applica- 5 bility in dispensing liquid, 1 shallshow and describe it in the particular application mentioned. It constitutes .an improvement upon apparatussuch as that shown and described in an application for Letters Patent of the United States, filedOctober 17, 1925, by John R. Foster and Frank vVVoodrufi; Serial No. 63,041. The invention lies in simplification of structure.

Fig. I of the-accompanying drawingsis a. view in vertical section through the measuring chamber and the immediately asso-' ciated. parts of gasoline-dispensing apparatusof my invention; Figs. II and, III are views in horizontal section, and show, the valve-plate within the, measuring chamber-in alternate positions. The plane of section of i I isindicated in Fig. III by the broken line II.;; the plane of section of FigslI and .III, is indicated at II-II,'Fig'. I.

through an opening in the lower head, and 4 vis prolonged within the measuring chamber in a U-shaped termination 8" whiclrpreferably rises-to a height within the measuring chamber exceeding the -maximum level to which in: normal operation theintroduced tide ofngasoline attains. From such maximum height-the inlet pipe descends again I to'proximityto the bottoinof the chamber, and the end of the pipe is open. It will be understood that suitable means are; provideda pump, for'instancef-forcausing gasoline to flow when desired insufficient "stream through pipe 4 to fill'the measuring chamber. In FigJIthe downwardly extending end of the inlet pipe is diagrammatically indicated in dotted lines; At the turn of the UL-shaped extension 8 of the inlet pipe, at'the point indicated by the numeral 80, a vent is formed ,=to prevent siphon action within the pipe during'operation.

' The lower head 3 of the' inea-suring cham- 62' to a suitableplaceof discharge.

The measuring chamber convenientlytakes' LIQUID-DISPENSING APPARATUS.

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indicated. A chamber 61 within the casting isbrought into communication with the interior of the measuring. chamber through an overflow pipe 6, and this chamber in turn communicatesthrough a return pipe Ordinarily a subterranean storage tank will be provided, and from such tank gasoline will be pumped or drawn through inlet pipe 4 to the measuring chamber, and to suchtank the overflow from the measuring chamber will through overflow pipe 6 chamber 61 andreturn pipe 62, be returned.

The height of the overflow pipe 6 within the measuring chamber is such that when a. suflicient quantity of gasoline has been delivered through the inlet pipe, the excess of delivery, whatever there may be, will escape and will return to the storage tank.

The presence of the overflow pipe 6, then,

insures the retention, on filling, of an exactlymeasuredmaximum volume; for instance, five gallons. The overflow pipe 6v is provided withan adjustable rim 10, to the end thatLthe accuracy of the measurement which it eflects may be precise. Y r

A third opening, 5, through the lower head ofthe measuring chamber constitutes a delivery orifice. It opens from the level of'the bottom of the measuring chamber, and the passageway is continued in: a delivery hose 9. This is the delivery hose of familiar character, through which gasoline maybe delivered to the tank in a customers car or to another receptacle. A valve in a suitable casing 50 controls delivery. This ordinarily will be a spring-closed valve, opened manually by swinging a crank 52 against the tension of the valve closing spring51.

Within, the casting which constitutes the lower head of the measuring chamber, a

duct 70 is formed. It opens from the meas- "uringchamber at the level of the'bottom,

and'it leads to chamber-6'1. 1

"opening through duct 70 are arranged at Reference toFig. II will show that the in- .7

another. and in this case a greater interval from that axis. A valve is provided, in the form ol? a rotary plate 14-, overlying the bottom of the measuring chamber. extending substantially to the periphery ot' the circution may advautageously he countersunk in the upper surface (it the casting which constitutes the lower head of the measuring chamber. The plate ll through a hub M0 formed integrally with it, is carried on an axial stem 15. This stem is prolonged through a packing gland lb, and the plate is held in liquid-tight engagement upon the surface of the lasting 3 by the tension of a spring .1"? which engages a collar on the stem. ".lhis stem is provided with an operating crank arm ltl. by means of this crank arm the valve plate ll is rotatable. In rotation it interferes in no respect with inlet and overflow, but, uncovering in alternation the delivery orifice 5 and the duct 70, it alternately opens themeasuring chamber to be emptied, either through hose 9 to a customer or through the ehan'ibered casting 3, bacl; to the storage tank.

Plate ll is provided with a series of 011- flees, in this instance live, 19, 20, 21, 22, and 28, arranged in succession, and remote from the center ot turning at equal distances with the orifices 5 and TO. Uri lice 19 opens at the level oi the upper surface of plate 14L, while orifices E20, 21, and 23 are provided with upward prolongations, in the torm ot standpipes 2a, 25, 26, and ill. 'lhesc stand-p pes rise to dillereut levels and are so particle larly measured in height that, i when the measuring chamber has been filled to the precisely defined maximum (in this case five gallons), precisely defined quantities may be drawn oil through one or another Oil the orifices. in the case in hand it may be understood that through orifice 23 with its rstand pipe 2? one gallon may be drawn;

through orifice 29, two gallons; through 21, three gallons; thrmurh 20, four; while throim'h orifice .19. which opens flush with the bottom, the entire contents, live gallons, may be drawn from the measuring chamber. The staiul-pipes Eel, 25, ill, and 27 are provided at their upper ends with adjustment rims, such as that already mentioned, with which the overflow pipe ii is provided. J

The orifices 19-23 are spaced upon the plate l4 within limits somewhat less than a semi-circle with respect to the center of plate rotation, and the orifices 5 and open at dian'ietrically opposite points in the surface of the lower head of the measuring chamber. Accordingly, the plate may be shifted to a position in which all of the orifices ilk-23 are beyond'the position oi registry with delivery orifice 5 (Fig. Ill) and from that position to one in which any of the orifices Ill-23 is in registry with ori lice 5.

When the parts are in the position shown in Fig. III the orifice ill) is in registry with orifice 70. (hi lice it), it will be ren'iembered, opens flush with the surface of plate '14. Accordingly, so ion; as this position of plate jl l; continues, not only can no gasoline collectin the measuring chamber, but whatever gasoline may thitherto have remained in the measuring chamber will upon the return of plate lelto the position shown in Fig. III, drain back without hindrance to the storage tank. i

From the position shown in Fig. III the direction of turning is clockwise. An initial turning of the plate through approximately ill)" will ellect closure of orifice TObyvalve plate 14, and then the measuring chamber may be tilled. The provisions for filling have been suliiciently indicated. Gasoline liows through the inlet pipe 4 with its U- shaped extension, and, by virtue of the provision of the U-shapecl extension, gasoline rises in the chamber in a sinootlnsurtaced tide. When the chamber has so been tilled, the supply is shut oil. The presence ot the overflow pipe 6 makes accurate measurement, and by returning the excess makes sure the retention within the measuring chamber of precisely the desired quantity in this instance live gallons. i i

The measuring chamber being fillGClpfHfther turning of the plate lat clockwise through an interval of 30 brings orifice 2-3 to registry with orifice 5. Orifice 23 is prolonged in standpipe 27, and the proportions are such that through stand-pipe 27 precisely one gallon of the live gallons segregated in the measuring chamber has access to orifice 5. \Vhen then the plate 14 has come to the position last indicated, opening ol the valve in casing 50 will etlect delivery to the customer of precisely one gallon Similarly, the shifting of the plate [14.- to any of the successive positions in which orifices 22, 21, 20, and .19 are. in registry with orifice 5, and the ensuing opening of the control valve in casing 5, will effect the delivery of two, three, four, or live gallons. And it will further be apparent that, one, two, three, or four gallons having been withdrawn, a new shifting of the plate clockwise t'ollowed by opening of the control valve, will achieve the delivery of a second .Ineasuredquantity of gasoline. And this without refilling of'the measuring chamber.

Fig. II shows the plate 14: in position with orifice 19 in registry with orifice 5, and when the plate is in that position, allgasoline withinthemeasuring chamber may on the opening of the control valve, bedrawn off.

After part or all of the five gallons 1nitiallysegregated in .the measuring chamber will'return through orifice chamber 61,

and return pipe 62, to the-storage tank.

. In association with the crank-arm 18, and

in a manner well known to the art, a. graduated succession ofmarks may be provlded,

that the operatormay know, in what particular position the valve plate stands. If, the valve plate being in the position shown in Fig. III,two gallons are to be delivered to a customer, the plate is by means of the crank arm 18 first shifted to filling position, indicated above, and the measuring chamber is filled. This filling position is not necessarily precisely limited. It is requisite only that the orifice 19 through the valve plate 14 shall be remote from the return passageway 70. It may be the position in which the apparatus is ready for the delivery of the desired volume of gasoline. After I the measuring chamber has been filled, the plate 14 will, if not already in the position desired, be shifted to the position, indicated 'to the operator, in which orifice 22 registers with orifice 5. When this has been donethe control valve is opened and two gallons are delivered. One or more of the remaining threegallons may in ensuing operations be drawn off, and always the possibility remains of shifting plate 14 again to initial position and returning to the storage tank whatever gasoline the measuring chamber contains.

A gutter 12 is formed in the upper face of the casting 3, which the orifices 23, 22, 21, and 20 advance, as the orifices 22, 21, 20, and 19 are brought to registry with orifice 5; The purpose of this groove is that the level of the liquid shall sink equally within the stand-pipes as within the chamber external to the standpipes. Similarly, a gutter 13 is formed in the bottom casting, underlying the course of advance of the orifices when the plate is'turning counter-clockwise and approaching the return position of Fig. III. This gutter 13, howeverfdoesnot extend all the way to the outlet 70; its proximate end is remote fromoutlet 7 O by an interval which added to the diameter of orifice 70 is less than the diameter of orifice 19. When the underlying the course in.

return pipe leading from said receiving orifice 19 has reached the limit-of counterclockwise turning and has come to rest in registry with. orifice-70,11; still .bridges the interval and is also in communication with gutter 13'. From this it follows that when the plate 14 is in this position the standpipes and the measuring chamber as well drain-freely back to the storage tank; all

the gasoline remaining is the small quantity which rests in and fills the gutter 18 itself. i

- When j l t lais turned clockwise from the position shown in Fig. III, the

outlet 70 is first cut off, and the interval at.

which the outlet is'rem'otefrom the end. of 0 the gutter sufficient, so that the plate 14 held downward by spring tension adequately and effectively closes orifice 70. When the orifice has so'been closed, the turning of the plate 14 may be arrested and the measuring chamber maybe. filled. 'VVhen the measuring chamber has been filled, further clockwise turning will bring the desired orifice to registry with orifice 5.

- I claim as my invention:

1. In liquid-dispensing apparatus a measuring chamber provided through its bottom with a delivery orifice and a return orifice, and a valve plate provided with a succession of orifices opening at different levels movable upon the bottom of the measuring chamber from a position in which the lowest orifice in the valve plate is registrywith the return orifice in the chamber bottom to successive positions, in one of which both orifices in the chamber bottom are closed and insucceeding positions one and another of the orifices in the valve plate are in registry with the delivery orifice in the chamber bottom, the'bottom of the chamber being provided with a gutter underlying the pathway of the orifices in the valve plate, said gutter terminating at an interval from the return orifice last mentioned, the diameter of the lowest orifice in the valve plate ex- 1 ceeding the extent of such interval.

2. In liquid-dispensing apparatus the combination of a measuring chamber pro vided with an inlet, a discharge orifice and a return orifice formed in the bottom wall of the measuring chamber, a valve controlling 'said discharge and return orifices, a receiving chamber arranged beneath the meas- 'uring chamber to which the said return ori-' fice gives access, an overflow pipe rising from said receiving chamber through the bottom wall of the measuring chamber and opening above within the measuring chamber, and a chamber.

3. In liquid-dispensing apparatus the combination of a measuring chamber and means for introducing liquid into said measuring chamber, a chambered. casting-constituting the bottom wall of said chamber the 8 said casting being provided with two orifices, one of said orifices adapted to be brought into connection with a. delivery conduit, and the other orifice opening to the chamber within the casting, an overflow pipe opening below to the chamber within the casting and rising through the bottom wall of the measuring chamber and opening above at an elevated point within the measaring chamber, a return pipe leading from the chamber within the casting, and a valve control of the orifices in the bottom wall of the measuring chamber.

4. In liquid-dispensing apparatus the combination of a cylindrical, vertically standing measuring chamber, having discharge and return passages formed through its bottom wall and opening from the measuring chamber at equal radial distances from its cylindrical axis and at diametrically opposite points, a valve plate arranged within the measuring chamber and rotatable upon the bottom wall thereof and upon the axis of the cylinder at its center of turning, the said valve plate being provided with a series of orifices adapted to open from the measuring chamber at different efi'ective heights, such orifices being arranged at equal radial distances from the center of turning and at a distance equal to that at which the discharge and. return passageways in their opening from the l neasuring chamher are remote from the chamber axis, the bottom wall of the measilring chamber being further provided in its upper face with a gutter extending from the discharge passageway in the are of a circle of which the chamber axis is the center.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

GEORGE W. MACKENZIE. 

